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Post by agent817 on Nov 6, 2023 14:10:25 GMT -5
"Con Air" by Richard Woodley. Yes, it's the novelization of the movie. I went through it as it's not really a long book. It made me want to watch the movie, which I recently did. I will say that a lot of the book has similarities to the unrated extended cut and some subplots were explored more, like the female agent Ginny having a crush on Vince Larkin (John Cusack's character) and then there was a resolution to that plotline.
I almost must note that I bought it off of eBay about a month ago for what is probably the cheapest I could find it for because it goes for a lot online for some reason.
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Post by Nr1Humanoid on Nov 6, 2023 16:26:29 GMT -5
Just finished Stephen King's Holly.
Not him at his best and I did not have the fun I usually do as a Constant Reader, but that was most likely me not being much of a fan of detective fiction. I only read it because it was King.
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Post by agent817 on Nov 8, 2023 13:41:44 GMT -5
"Gone in 60 Seconds" by M.C. Bolin. Another movie novelization. While it does follow the plot of the film to a T, there are some differences. I noticed a little difference in dialogue and in some scenes. Some of the scenes were also in the unrated extended cut. However, this novelization is more profane than the movie. There are plenty of F-bombs in this one, whereas the movie didn't have any, whether it's the theatrical cut or extended cut.
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Post by No Longer a Produceman on Nov 8, 2023 15:39:18 GMT -5
Been a while but Needful Things by Stephen King. One of my favorites. I really wish they’d have done a decent film adaptation.
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Post by saneiac on Nov 8, 2023 17:54:25 GMT -5
Been a while but Needful Things by Stephen King. One of my favorites. I really wish they’d have done a decent film adaptation. I liked the film, and honestly think the film's ending was a lot better than the book's.
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Post by agent817 on Nov 9, 2023 21:27:23 GMT -5
"Waterworld" by Max Allan Collins. Yet, another movie novelization. I must note that this version is a lot more violent than the movie and if you have seen the TV cut or Ulysses cut (they are pretty much the same thing, except the latter isn't censored), it has a lot of story elements from those versions.
I also must add that I started reading it at the end of July, but I hadn't finished it. I was also nearly halfway but now I am done.
I am also going on a trip soon. I took a few books with me for the trip up. I might finish one one the way up.
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Post by agent817 on Nov 14, 2023 14:57:38 GMT -5
"Independence Day" novelization by Stephen Molstad, Roland Emmerich, and Dean Devlin.
I bought this back in late April and read through a good portion of it in May, but I didn't finish it. I went on a trip recently and decided to restart this book. Also, as a just-in-case sort of thing, I brought two other tie-in novels.
Regarding this novelization, it was interesting to see the movie in book form, and I also believe some scenes are in the extended cut of the movie. However, you may have to read it a little slowly, and I say this as a fast reader. There is a lot of detail to description and backstory in this book. It doesn't help that the font size is rather small. I also saw that the chapter separation is done similarly to how some perspectives are separated. So the separations are on the same pages.
Aside from some nitpicking, I think it was interesting with the backstories and descriptions.
I may read the other two tie-in novels soon.
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Post by Nr1Humanoid on Nov 14, 2023 18:51:53 GMT -5
666 by Tom Egeland. Religious fanatics tries to set off the supervolcano under Yellowstone National Park.
A Norwegian author who's work is clearly modelled after Dan Brown's novels.
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Post by doomish on Nov 14, 2023 19:15:19 GMT -5
Carnie by Ash Ericmore. I've been on an extreme horror kick lately. I've yet to read one that wasn't poorly written/edgelord garbage, but they're fun garbage.
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Post by Vanilla Gorilla on Nov 16, 2023 0:26:33 GMT -5
I only read non-fiction. For the last year or so I have been reading a bunch of history books.
Here is the list: - Four Lost Cities - An Atlas of Extinct Countries - Sapiens - Who we are and how we got here - 1177 BC - The Storm Before The Storm - Byzantium - A New History of Early Christianity - The Dawn of Everything - Europe Between the Oceans
I just finished The Verge by Patrick Wyman about the key period of technological and social change leading from the Middle Ages to early modernity (1480s to 1560s).
My main area of interest is from pre-human history to the Bronze Age Collapse in 1177 BC or so. It’s an incredibly broad swathe of time, but I find it cool that we can still learn new things about events so long ago.
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Post by Limity (BLM) on Nov 16, 2023 6:13:06 GMT -5
I only read non-fiction. For the last year or so I have been reading a bunch of history books. Here is the list: - Four Lost Cities - An Atlas of Extinct Countries - Sapiens - Who we are and how we got here - 1177 BC - The Storm Before The Storm - Byzantium - A New History of Early Christianity - The Dawn of Everything - Europe Between the Oceans I just finished The Verge by Patrick Wyman about the key period of technological and social change leading from the Middle Ages to early modernity (1480s to 1560s). My main area of interest is from pre-human history to the Iron Age Collapse in 1177 BC or so. It’s an incredibly broad swathe of time, but I find it cool that we can still learn new things about events so long ago. For all the love I have for FAN, I never would have thought I'd find another poster that has read Dawn Of Everything. Bravo!
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Post by Nr1Humanoid on Nov 17, 2023 17:23:09 GMT -5
Dream Science by Thomas Palmer.
Either it is the worst book I have read or I am simply to Eugene to get it.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Nov 17, 2023 19:52:47 GMT -5
past couple of weeks I Read
Spider-man Hostile Takeover. (A novel that serves as a prequel to the first Playstation 4 game)
Reaperman by Terry Pratchett
I am now reading Mort because I accidentally grabbed Reaperman first >_>
Reaperman is fantastic.
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Post by bibboid on Nov 27, 2023 23:37:02 GMT -5
Starmasters’ Gambit by Gerard Klein
I’ve heard that some people consider this as a classic of old school sci fi. Personally, I don’t see why. There was a thin thread of plot winding through long winded descriptions of planets and spaceships and politics and chessboards. So much about chessboards.
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Post by agent817 on Dec 4, 2023 14:08:40 GMT -5
"The Marsh King's Daughter" by Karen Dionne.
After seeing the movie adaptation a month ago, I wanted to read the book. I didn't mind the movie (though there were some issues with it), but I could see where some elements worked better in this version. While there were flashback chapters, it does help give the readers some insight into the protagonist's mindset to see her perspectives on things, whether it was her as a child or as an adult. Also, some bits in the book were a bit more disturbing, but I saw where Dionne was going with those elements.
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Post by agent817 on Dec 21, 2023 18:43:34 GMT -5
"Christmas Presents" by Lisa Unger. I happened to come across this at the library when it was on display. I figured it was Christmastime and why not read a thriller novel set around this time. I read half of it last week but a week and a half later, I finished the rest of it.
I will say that I got through it quickly when I read the rest of it. It's really more of a novella, so the story is short and mostly to the point while some backstory is explained, as well as done in three different perspectives. The main character is done in a first-person narrative, another major character's perspective is in third person, and another major character, whose arc is done scattered chapters, is also in first person.
I enjoyed the book, but there was somewhat of a predictable ending and revelation for one subplot. As for the reveal of who was behind everything, I was a bit surprised, but when the times that I will read it again, maybe I'll see some signs of foreshadowing.
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Post by Hurbster on Dec 22, 2023 23:24:04 GMT -5
Black Void TTRPG core rulebook.
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Post by 6pathsoftommy on Dec 22, 2023 23:46:40 GMT -5
In the last two months I've read all of the Black Fleet Crisis trilogy, The New Rebellion, Ambush at Corellia, and Star Trek Enterprise: By the Book.
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Post by Nr1Humanoid on Dec 23, 2023 10:37:56 GMT -5
Minutes away from finishing Dark Moon by David Gemmell. What a loss to fantasy he was.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Dec 23, 2023 14:43:56 GMT -5
Currently reading “As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of the Princess Bride” by Cary Elwes.
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